TEXT 21
varam varaya bhadram te
varesam mabhivanchitam
brahman chreyah-parisramah
pumsam mad-darsanavadhih
SYNONYMS
varambenediction; varayajust ask from; bhadramauspicious; teunto you; vara-isamthe giver of all benediction; ma (mam)-from Me; abhivanchitamwishing; brahmanO Brahma; sreyahthe ultimate success; parisramahfor all penances; pumsamfor everyone; matMy; darsanarealization; avadhihup to the limit of.
TRANSLATION
I wish you good luck. O Brahma, you may ask from Me, the giver of all benediction, all that you may desire. You may know that the ultimate benediction, as the result of all penances, is to see Me by realization.
PURPORT
The ultimate realization of the Supreme Truth is knowing and seeing face to face the Personality of Godhead. Realization of the impersonal Brahman and localized Paramatma features of the Personality of Godhead is not ultimate realization, When one realizes the Supreme Lord, one does not struggle hard to perform such penances. The next stage of life is to discharge devotional service to the Lord just to satisfy Him. In other words, one who has realized and seen the Supreme Lord has attained all perfection because everything is included in that highest perfectional stage. The impersonalists and the pseudo mystics, however, cannot reach this state.

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